Diego de los Cobos Molina

Most Reverend
Diego de los Cobos Molina
Bishop of Jaén
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Jaén
In office 1560–1565
Predecessor Diego Tavera Ponce de Léon
Successor Francisco Delgado López
Personal details
Born Abeda, Spain
Died 8 September 1565
Toledo, Spain
Previous post Bishop of Ávila (1559–1560)

Diego de los Cobos Molina (died 1565) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Jaén (1560–1565) and Bishop of Ávila (1559–1560).[1][2]

Biography

Diego de los Cobos Molina was born in Abeda, Spain.[2] On 2 August 1559, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul IV as Bishop of Ávila.[1][2] On 4 September 1560, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Jaén.[1][2] He served as Bishop of Jaén until his death in Toledo, Spain on 8 September 1565.[1][2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva, Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1560).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 92 and 203. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bishop Diego de los Cobos Molina" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017
  • Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Ávila". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)self-published
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Ávila". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)self-published
  • Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Jaén". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)self-published
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Jaén". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)self-published
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Diego Alava Esquivel		 Bishop of Ávila
1559–1560		 Succeeded by
Alvaro Hurtado de Mendoza y Sarmiento
Preceded by
Diego Tavera Ponce de Léon		 Bishop of Jaén
1560–1565		 Succeeded by
Francisco Delgado López
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